Publications by authors named "Biji P Varkey"
Background: Patients with dementia usually have multiple comorbidities. The presence of comorbidities may exacerbate the progression of dementia and decreases the patient's ability to participate in health maintenance activities. However, there is hardly any meta-analysis estimating the magnitude of comorbidities among patients with dementia in the Indian context.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The burden of stroke is increasing in India, but there is limited understanding of the distribution of reported risk factors in the Indian setting. It is vital to generate robust data on these modifiable risk factors to scale up appropriate strategies for the prevention of cerebrovascular diseases in this setting.
Summary: The objective of this study is to estimate the overall proportion of life style risk factors of patients with stroke in the Indian setting.
Across India, there have been multiple studies conducted to address the issues of the mental health of healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study estimated the pooled prevalence of psychological morbidity among healthcare workers during the early phase of the COVID 19 pandemic in India. We searched the following electronic bibliographic databases: PubMed, ScienceDirect, Wiley online library, and Google scholar for studies conducted from the onset of the COVID 19 pandemic until 25 September 2021.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The novel coronavirus (n COVID-19) has affected every walk of life across the world including India. Several studies have been available on the COVID-19-related anxiety and depressive symptoms in the public health context. However, there is a dearth of evidence of a meta-analysis regarding the pooled estimates of anxiety and depressive symptoms related to this pandemic based on the existing studies conducted among the general population of India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Problematic internet use (PIU) among school going adolescents constitutes a major area of concern. However, no comprehensive reports are available to determine the magnitude of the problem. This study aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of PIU among school going adolescents in India.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: There is scanty evidence regarding the magnitude of COVID-19-related psychological distress (PD) among the general population of India.
Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the pooled prevalence of PD among the general public of India during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Material And Methods: We conducted a meta-analysis of 21 online surveys conducted across the Indian subcontinent and published between 2020 and 2021.
Background: The significant burden of stroke on the mortality rates of developing countries, including India, is well-documented in the literature. However, robust data regarding the aggregates of evidence on the quality of life (QOL) of stroke survivors is limited.
Objective: To gather relevant information for policymakers on the QOL of stroke survivors based on observational studies conducted in the Indian setting.
There is a wide discrepancy in the epidemiology of alcohol use disorders (AUDs) due to diverse scales and survey approaches. We estimated the prevalence of AUDs by comparing the pooled prevalence based on the alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT) Vs. non-AUDIT (all scales other than AUDIT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The internet is an integral part of everyone's life. College going adolescents are highly vulnerable to the misuse of the internet.
Aims: To estimate the pooled prevalence of internet addiction (IA) among college students in India.